News tagged with health ministry

Peru says 5,000 birds, nearly 900 dolphins dead

The Peruvian government said Wednesday that 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, and nearly 900 dolphins have died off the country's northern coast, possibly due to rising temperatures in Pacific waters.

Biology / Ecology

May 09, 2012 | 3.9 / 5 (7) | 3

Alarm as Peru pelican and dolphin deaths rise

Peru's northern beaches have been declared off-limits as scientists scramble to pin down what is causing the mysterious deaths of thousands of birds and dolphins.

Biology / Ecology

May 08, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 2

Cancer diagnosis isotopes from Garching

The German Federal Ministry of Health has awarded more than one million euros in research and development funding for the efficient production of an important cancer diagnostic agent at the research neutron ...

Physics / General Physics

Jun 27, 2011 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Three-year-old is UK's 'youngest ever alcoholic'

A three-year-old Briton who was treated in hospital for addiction to alcohol is thought to be the country's youngest ever alcoholic, health officials said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

Mar 14, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

eBay bans sorbitol sales after Italian death

US online auction giant eBay on Monday banned global sales of sorbitol following the death of a 28-year-old Italian woman who consumed a phial of the sugar substitute as part of a food allergy test.

Technology / Internet

Mar 26, 2012 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Mexico: worst over despite rise in flu death toll

(AP) -- The swine flu virus spread to more countries Tuesday, and scientists said the official numbers represent only a fraction of the many thousands of people sickened around the world. At the center of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

May 12, 2009 | 1 / 5 (1) | 0

China declares new national food-safety campaign

(AP) -- China declared a new food-safety campaign Wednesday after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the country's promise ...